Astronomers Clock a Black Hole Spinning at Half the Speed of Light

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By Amber Jorgenson
Jan 9, 2019 10:15 PMMay 17, 2019 8:29 PM
Black hole event horizon
This artist's impression shows a disk of hot gas orbiting close to a black hole. (Credit: NASA/CXC/M. Weiss)

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Black holes are massive beasts that annihilate anything that dares to cross them. We don’t know a whole lot about these invisible, terrifying bodies, but astronomers have found a new way to study their mysterious behavior.

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